Thought for January 15

[Thompson, Darryl]

     Our Redeemer thirsts for recognition. He hungers for the sympathy
and love of those whom He has purchased with His own blood. He longs
with inexpressible desire that they should come to Him and have life. As
the mother watches for the smile of recognition from her little child,
which tells of the dawning of intelligence, so does Christ watch for the
expression of grateful love, which shows that spiritual life is begun in
the soul. Desire of Ages, p. 191